Vendors That Survived the Recession: 2009 Dire Predictions Revisited

Lawrence Walsh

Some people may scoff at the notion that Salesforce.com was ever in
any danger of failing, but the prediction isn’t without merit. As cloud
computing continues to grow in popularity, large vendors are looking
for viable cloud companies with track records for success to buy as a
means for establishing their own cloud presence. Over the past year,
many people have speculated that Salesforce.com could be absorbed into
Oracle, bought by an ever-hungry Cisco or taking in by rival Microsoft.
That was only speculation; Saleforce.com has gotten stronger over the
last year and continues to be the leader in the cloud computing model.

Lawrence Walsh is editor of Baseline magazine, overseeing print and online editorial content and the strategic direction of the publication. He is also a regular columnist for Ziff Davis Enterprise's Channel Insider. Mr. Walsh is well versed in IT technology and issues, and he is an expert in IT security technologies and policies, managed services, business intelligence software and IT reseller channels. An award-winning journalist, Mr. Walsh has served as editor of CMP Technology's VARBusiness and GovernmentVAR magazines, and TechTarget's Information Security magazine. He has written hundreds of articles, analyses and commentaries on the development of reseller businesses, the IT marketplace and managed services, as well as information security policy, strategy and technology. Prior to his magazine career, Mr. Walsh was a newspaper editor and reporter, having held editorial positions at the Boston Globe, MetroWest Daily News, Brockton Enterprise and Community Newspaper Company.

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